The upperside ground colour of the males of some species is grey overlain with a metallic steely-blue sheen (E. barombina, E. coerulea and E. veronica).

In other species the ground colour is reddish brown (E. lysandra and E. gambiae).

The wing characters are forewings moderately large; costa very much arched; apex rather acute; hind-margin nearly straight.

Hindwings sub-oval; hindmargin entire, or not strongly scalloped.

The type species of the genus is Aterica tadema Hewitson.